Off to Japan~

Ok, so as some people may know, starting tomorrow, I’m going to be in Japan for a month! It’s going to be a great trip and I’m definitely going to buy a lot of stuff. xD Anyway, I’m going with a school program, and I can’t bring my laptop, so my internet time will be limited. I doubt I’ll update this within the month, but I’ll definitely have lots of stuff for when I get back!
Ja ne~

DUDE WHAT

INUI WITHOUT HIS gLASSES

ASDKLFJASIEURLKASDJDFLKADSJFLAKSDJFK DUDE THAT’S SO COOL
It’s from the 10.5 databook! Dammit, why does it have to be from the only .5 I don’t own?? I already have the 20.5 and 40.5 databooks, plus the 30.5 artbook, but I thought 10.5 wouldn’t be worth getting cause I already have the data from the other books! This has obviously changed my mind, and I’m totally grabbing 10.5 when I’m in Japan soon!
(on a side note, look at his hand, isn’t that totally Atobe’s Insight? xD)

I have to say though, this TOTALLY got my hopes up for a sequel or a new series…I scrolled down my friends page on livejournal kinda quickly so when I saw that I was like “WTF NEW REgULAR??” But then it turned out to only be Inui with no glasses…though that’s still pretty kick-ass.

I still think he looks better on the cover of his single DISTANCE. Not quite megane-less, but at least you can see his eyes through the glasses, unlike 99% of the time when they’re creepily opaque and glinting.

I wonder if I should make a separate Prince of Tennis blog for stuff like this…

Catching up on PoT music news

(aka, another way to procrastinate studying for my Biology exam tomorrow? Maybe.)

So, uh, due to exams and other crap, I’ve fallen behind on PoT music announcements. Today I noticed that in addition to those, I missed two announcements made on May 19th! >_< And then I realized that any more announcements would bump those off the news page, and since there is no archive, I should probably do those before I lose the chance. o_o

Art Street 08 / one year anniversary pt. 2

So, uh, this is really late. I actually did this last Friday, but somehow I never ended up posting it until now.
On Friday, at my school, we had Sidewalk Sam come to our school for a…something. Not a party, I dunno. My school does this every year. One day in the spring, this old guy Sidewalk Sam comes and brings tons of chalk, and everyone draws stuff on the pavement. He’s really nice. It’s also a day when there’s a candy sale, tie-dye t-shirts, stuff like that. It’s really fun!
This year, I ended up drawing/writing a couple things.

One year of blogging…

It’s May 22nd. One year ago today, I created ~ lurking in the shadows ~, which has since moved to WordPress and become Resonant Blue.
What happened this last year?
I got into the Prince of Tennis fandom, and it basically took over my anime fandom. Prince of Tennis ended, and I cried. =( (HATED the ending, btw.)
Naruto all but turned into “Sasuke”, and I don’t think Naruto’s shown up in a couple months.
Morning Musume had three singles, with Mikan being their first single since Morning Coffee to not get into the top 5. >_< But they hit their 10th anniversary!
I moved, entered high school, and started 5-day boarding…unrelated but still.
I started getting into the H!P Kids besides just their music, and I actually finally learned all their names! xD I remember trying to learn them, looking through the Hello! Online picboard and just going “who’s this…?” I still can’t rank them, but I know who’s on the top of my ranking (Chinami) and who’s on the bottom (Risako). xD My goal for my second year? Learn the names of the Eggs! xDDD
I’ve gotten into AKB48, and Johnny’s. Neither are fandoms I’m really familiar with, but I like the music a lot!
I’ve also started getting into dramas, through AZN Television (RIP D: ) and Tenimyu actors. Abarenbo Mama was my first full drama, and I’m planning on watching lots more!
I’m now an International Wota contributor, even though I totally admit that I’m not that active as one. xD;;;; IW inspired me to start blogging, so I decided the best thing to do would be to help with IW, and maybe IW will encourage more people to start blogging!

Fangirl time, aka “YESASIA SELLS DOUJINSHI!”

Now, as I bet most people reading this blog don’t know, I’m a huge yaoi fan. xD Mostly Prince of Tennis yaoi, but I’m starting to get into other actual yaoi manga (as opposed to doujinshi/fanfics). My favorite Prince of Tennis doujinshi artist is Kodaka Kazuma, a professional yaoi mangaka that just happens to write PoT yaoi also. <33 I love her art, it’s really great when it’s serious and really adorable when it’s chibis. I love her stories too! She just so happens to write doujinshi for my FAVORITE pairing, the golden pair, and I own her golden pair anthology called Darling. I also own her hilarious comedy doujinshi Seishun gakuen Paradise, with lots of mini stories including yaoi sex ed, a school festival, evil!Fuji…
According to Wikipedia, Kodaka Kazuma’s manga Kizuna was one of the first and most popular yaoi manga. I still think it’s so cool that she does PoT doujinshi too~
So anyway! I was on Yesasia, looking for Kizuna volumes, because I’ve been thinking about reading it and apparently the English version is totally censored. My search was pretty unsuccessful (I only found Chinese versions), but it lead me to an amazing finding!
YESASIA SELLS DOUJINSHI!

Mutou Mika graduating from Hello! Project

So, Some Boys! Blog today reported that Mutou Mika is graduating from Hello! Project in order to lead a normal life. =(
I’m not a huge fan of her- I mean, I barely know the Eggs in Ongaku gatas. But right after Mano Erina graduates to become a solo artist, we have another girl leaving. What does this mean for Ongaku? I really hope they don’t just disband. I really loved their singles; not so much their album tracks, but still! Maybe it’s time for new members, or maybe they’ll just continue on with the girls they still have. Either way, I really want them to keep going and releasing new stuff…

Well, good luck to Mika. Sad to see another H!P member leave, but if it’s what she wants, then it’s good that she actually went ahead and quit.

My thoughts on the Morning Musume spring concert setlist

Here’s the list, which I took from the OTHER Resonant Blue blog. It confused me when I saw it on my google desktop RSS feed thing cause I was just like “I didn’t post that!”